Podcast Archive

At the Lab Episode 16: Bats!

7/23/2024

Shriek if you must. Their remarkable genome might provide new insights into natural links between the immune system, aging, and cancer resistance. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 15: Fruit flies’ dating lives

7/16/2024

Can AI help us identify the Don Juan of fruit flies? CSHL’s Benjamin Cowley thinks so. Why would we want to do this? Tune in to find out. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 14: What’s that smell?

7/9/2024

You might not realize, but that question is central to the human experience. On this week’s podcast, CSHL’s Saket Navlakha sniffs out answers. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 13: A more sustainable chemistry

7/2/2024

For this week’s podcast, CSHL Professor John Moses bridges the gap between chemistry and biology in less than three minutes. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 12: Cancer cops

6/25/2024

In this week’s podcast, CSHL Assistant Professor Semir Beyaz reveals how metastatic breast cancer ‘corrupts’ the body’s immune system. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 11: AI brainiacs

6/11/2024

What is neuroAI, and how does it help both neuroscientists and computer scientists? In this week’s podcast, CSHL’s Kyle Daruwalla explains. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 10: The time of our lives

6/4/2024

“You wouldn’t start making the fingernails on an arm until you had started to make the arm,” says CSHL’s Christopher Hammell. How’s that for a visual? Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 9: Musical mice

5/28/2024

We put the ‘mice’ in ‘maestro,’ with singing lessons from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory neuroscientist Arkarup Banerjee. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 8: Birds of a feather

5/21/2024

How did some birds get such distinct colors? CSHL Professor Adam Siepel joins us for a journey across evolution’s “islands of differentiation.” Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 7: Women in STEM

5/14/2024

CSHL is no stranger to successful female scientists. Today, we remember the life of Martha Chase, famously known for the Hershey-Chase experiment. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 6: Supermoms to the rescue

5/7/2024

Happy almost Mother’s Day! What drives a supermom to come to the rescue when her child is upset? CSHL’s Stephen Shea shares the biological backstory. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 5: A heart of golf

4/30/2024

A 500-year-old mystery stumbled on by Leonardo da Vinci has been solved using modern clinical data. Meet the CSHL scientist at the heart of it all. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 4: DNA sequencing for all

4/23/2024

CSHL Dolan DNA Learning Center’s Jason Williams teaches us about a portable DNA sequencer that may turn the tide for genetics education. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 3: Autism Awareness Month

4/16/2024

It’s Autism Awareness Month! CSHL Professor Ivan Iossofiv shares what researchers know about autism so far and how they plan to uncover its origins. Listen now »

At the Lab Episode 2: Molecular puppetry

4/9/2024

CSHL neuroscientist Hiro Furukawa shows us a part of the brain that actually works like a puppet master. What could this mean for mental health? Listen now »